# China Banking Corporation (China Bank)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/chinabank-philippines
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [China Bank PH — official](https://www.chinabank.ph/)

## Key details

- **Parent:** assets

## Overview

**China Banking Corporation (China Bank)** is **Philippine commercial bank** + **PSE: CHIB** + **SM Investments Corporation SMIC Sy family Philippine founding family-controlled retail conglomerate ~22%+ controlling minority + Philippine retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of Philippines' largest commercial banks by assets** + **founded Aug 16 1920 in Manila Philippines as Philippines' first private commercial bank for Filipino-Chinese community** <sup>[1][1], [Philippines report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/PH)</sup>.

## History

**Aug 16 1920 — China Banking Corporation China Bank founded in Manila Philippines as Philippines' first private commercial bank for Filipino-Chinese community by Albino SyCip Filipino-Chinese banker + Dee C. Chuan** distinctive Philippine banking heritage as Philippines' first Filipino-Chinese commercial bank.

**2014 — China Bank Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **China Banking Corporation China Bank** (Philippine commercial bank; PSE: CHIB).

**Major shareholders**: **SM Investments Corporation SMIC (Sy family Philippine founding family-controlled retail conglomerate) ~22%+ controlling minority + Philippine retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas BSP**.

## Technical integration

China Bank Mobile app (iOS + Android) + chinabank.ph online + China Bank branch network across Philippines + China Bank Visa + Mastercard + JCB cards; InstaPay (Philippine real-time low-value instant payments) + PESONet (Philippine batch interbank credit transfer) + QR PH (Philippine national QR payment scheme) + Philippine Peso PHP domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Philippine banking + payments competitors**: [BDO Unibank (Philippines)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bdo-unibank) (BDO Unibank; PSE: BDO; sister SM Investments Corporation SMIC controlled commercial bank) + [Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bpi-philippines) (BPI; PSE: BPI) + [Metrobank (Philippines)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/metrobank-philippines) (Metrobank; PSE: MBT) + [Security Bank Philippines](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/security-bank-philippines) (Security Bank Philippines; PSE: SECB) + [UnionBank of the Philippines](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/unionbank-philippines) (UnionBank Philippines; PSE: UBP) + [Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/rcbc-philippines) (RCBC; PSE: RCB) + [Land Bank of the Philippines](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/land-bank-philippines) (LandBank) + [InstaPay QR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/instapay-qr) (InstaPay) + [QR Ph](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/qr-ph) (QR PH).

**Regulators**: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas BSP.

## Status

**Active, Philippine commercial bank + PSE:CHIB + SM Investments Corporation SMIC Sy family Philippine founding family-controlled retail conglomerate ~22%+ controlling minority + Philippine retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Philippines' largest commercial banks by assets + founded Aug 16 1920 in Manila Philippines as Philippines' first private commercial bank for Filipino-Chinese community** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.chinabank.ph/ "China Bank PH — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Banking_Corporation "China Bank PH — Wikipedia"
[ph-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/PH

- [1] [China Bank PH — official][1]
- [2] [China Bank PH — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Philippines report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/PH)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/PH-philippines.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [chinabank-philippines.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/chinabank-philippines). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.